ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXCAVATIONS NEAR THE VILLAGE OF KNYAZHEVO (Daniela Agre – daniela.agre@abv.bg, Deyan Dichev) In the Western Sector, a section of the northern fortification wall was discovered in trenches G7, D6–7. The wall was 1.10 m wide and preserved up to 70 cm in height, built of roughly-cut stones with an emplectum of dry stones. A section of the southern fortification wall was discovered in Trenches E11 and Zh11. The wall was 1.20 m wide and preserved up to 70 cm in height, built of cut stones with an emplectum of stones bonded with mud. In the Central Sector, three walls were discovered to the south of the Central Building. Six pits were explored to the north of the Central Building: three in Trench M3 and three in Trench H3. The pits contained sherds, fragments from building ceramics and animal bones. Debris from the roof of the Central Building was explored as well. Several iron tools were found in Trenches L3–4. A section of the southern wall of Building No. 3 was discovered in Trench P7 to the east of the Central Building. In the Eastern Sector (the Tower), a section of the southern fortification wall 1.25 m wide was discovered in Trenches S8–9. The finds from the excavations included 16 amphora handles with stamps and 14 coins dated to 350 – 275 BC.